If the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions were riding high off their 73-37 takedown of the Westwood Warriors on Thursday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Mountain Ridge's tough 71-51 loss to O'Connor on Saturday might stick with them for a while. Mountain Ridge has not had much luck with O'Connor recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Mountain Ridge's loss came despite strong showings from Andy Saeva and Jaiden Thompson. Saeva scored 19 points, while Thompson scored 11 points.
Mountain Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for O'Connor, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-2.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Mountain Ridge will take on Hamilton at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for O'Connor, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Cibola at 7:00 p.m. Cibola will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Arizona Rankings (they are ranked 121st, while O'Connor is ranked sixth).
